Turned shoe.



F. RILEY.

TURNED SHOE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 25. 1914.

Patented Nov. 2, 1915.

narran fsraras Parana carica..

FRANK RILEY, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

TURNED SHOE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. a, rais.

Application led February 25, 1914. Serial No. 820,944.

tihoes, of which the following is a specication.

Ifhis invention relates to improvements in turned shoes.

By the use of my invention I am enabled to produce, first, a turned shoe having a shank piece provided with a rigid archsupporting body or shank portion and an integral forwardly-extending sole covering portion or sock lining of reduced thickness, whereby such turned shoe is provided with the usual stiff arch-supporting shank; a proper lasting support for the heel; and the stitches and other roughened parts of the sole are covered to provide a smooth surface and a sole cushion may be provided with-` out materially detracting from the iexibility which characterizes turned shoes; furthermore, the heel nails and lasting tacks may be clenched below the upper surface of the heel seat portion of such combined shank piece and sock lining, the said heel seat portion of the shank piece being sliced and provided with a split intermediate its flesh and grain surfaces, extending parallel thereto for that purpose, thus also affording a smooth even and flush surfaceat said heel seat, and permitting the insertion in said split of a heel cushion of felt or other suitable material, thus enabling the production of a turned shoe having both a cushioned sole and a cushioned heel, where cushioning is most desirable, and at the same time providing a rigid and solid shank or arch support, the whole being inexpensive of manufacture.

I will now describe my preferred form of shoe and then point out the novel features in claims.

In the accompanying drawings in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a turned shoe embodying my invention after the same is turned and before the application of my novel combined shank piece and sock lining with nailless heel seat; Fi 2 is a side elevation partly in longitudinal section of a shoe illustrating my combined shank piece having an integral sock lining and -nailless heel seat in place in conjunction with suitable cushions; Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 illustrates in perspective a view of a sole cushion adapted'to be inserted between the reduced front portlon of my integral shank piece is a perspective view showing my shank piece with an integral sock lining and nailless heel seat; Fig. 6 is a view 1n perspective of aheel cushion adapted to be inserted in the split of the heel seat; Fig. 7 is a lon-` gitudinal side elevation of said shank piece;- and Fig. 8 is a section on the line 8-8 of Fig. 5.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings, 1 illustrates the upper leather of a turned shoe, 2 the sole portion thereof, which are sewn together by stitches 3 in inverted position and then turned into the normal position shown in Fig. 1, the heel portions of the upper and sole .leathers being left unsewn as shown in said Fig. 1. The said heel portion of the shoe is then lasted to a combined shank piece and sock lining which, as shown, is provided at the heel portion with a split 5, preferably formed by slicing the heel seat portion of said shank piece intermediate the outer or esh and upper or grain sidesthereof and parallel with such surfaces to an extent substantiallyequal to the size of the heel so as Ito include the entire area through which metallic fastening or lasting devices, such as lasting tacks, slugs and heel nails, are usually driven, thus forming a nail covering scarf 6 and a nail clenching body 7 to which the upper leather, heel portion of the sole and heel 8 are fastened or lasted by means of nails and the like.

My preferred method of attaching the Iheel, sole and heel portion of the upper leather, is to take a suitable plate of metal or other material impenetrable to such fastening devices, insert the same in the split 5 between the scarf 6 and body 7, then last the upper leathers to the body portion 7 of the shank piece by means of lasting tacks 9 which are clenched against the lower surface of said impenetrableplate and retain the parts firmly together; the sole is then lasted to said body portion 7 by means of slugs 10, also clenched against said impenetrable plate on the upper surface of 'the body portion 7, and the heel is secured in place by Ameans of heel nails 11, likewise and sock lining and the sole proper; Fig. 5

clenched against said piate on the upper surface of the body portion 7 the top layer l8a of the heel being subsequently applied to he shank piece 4 is provided with a forward sole covering extension 13 which 4is preferably reduced by skiving or shaving the bottom side of the same forwardly from a line substantially coincident with the sole bend, and to this reduced portion, preferably before the shank piece is lasted to the heel as hereinabove described, is suitably cemented or otherwise secured a cushion 14: of cork, felt or other suitable material which cushion compensates for the portion removed as aforesaid and the said shank piece with its integral sole-covering extension carrying said cushion is cemented in place over the stitches 3. The said shank piece is also, preferably reduced at the side edges as shown at 13---13a to compensate for the raised surface due to stitching 3.

It will be seen from the above that I am enabled to produce a shoe which may be provided with a cushion heel, a rigid arch supporting shank portion, and a cushioned sole portion, while at the same time and byy a single piece, eliminating or covering the roughened surfaces due to the lasting of the heel as well'as the roughened surfaces due tothe stitchin'g'of the sole. Furthermorel am enabled to insert a sole cushion of cork so as to prevent moisture from reaching the foot which Awill cover the entire surface of the fore part of the sole or I may insert a cushion of felt if desired. Furthermore,

the sides of the front portion of the upper contiguous to the stitching will be reinforced and compelled to retain their shape, all sagging-which is common at this point in turned shoes, being avoided. Furthermore the'advantages above enumerated may be produced in a workmanlike and inexpensive manner and substantially all the usual elasticity of a turned shoe may be retained while many of the advantages of a welt shoe will be procured without the expense and multiplicity of 'operations necessarily incident to the-latter.

Having described my invention, I claim: i

1. A turned shoe comprising an outsole, an. upper, and an insole, said insole comprismg a r1g1d shank portion of 'suitable thlckness, and an integral portion of relatlvely thin material extendingforwardly forepart of the outsole. l

2. A turned shoe, comprising anl outsole, an upper, an insole, said insole comprising a rigid shank portion, a portion of reduced thickness extending forwardly from said shank portlon and covering the forepart of' the outsole and a heel seat portion provided with a split intermediate its flesh and grain surfaces extending parallel thereto, and metallic fastening devices securing the heel parts of said shoe together and clenched within said split.

3. A turned shoe,.comprising an outsole, an upper, an insole, said insole comprising a rigid shank portion, a portion of reduced thickness extending forwardly from said shank portion and coveringthe forepart of the outsole, and a cushion, inserted between the said reduced portion and said outsole.

4f. A turned shoe, comprising an outsole, an upper, an insole, said insole comprising a rigid shank portion, a portion of reduced thickness extending forwardly from said shanklportion and covering the forepart of the outsole, a. cushion inserted between the reduced portion and said outsole and cemented in place, a heel seat portion provided with a split intermediate its flesh and lgrain surfaces extending parallel thereto, a

RILEY.

Witnesses :V

ERNEST WEmHAAs, CECELIA E. FEIsT.

.from said shank portion and covering the stitchlng along the marginal edges'of thev 

